Commentary: Louisiana using school vouchers to skirt responsibility to public

Aug. 4, 2012

Written by

Kevin D. Phillips

As Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal traversed our great nation, giving speeches in support of Gov. Mitt Romney and being a general tool of the GOP, he left behind a state still divided on the fairness of the new statewide voucher program. The arguments I've heard for the program are simply this: Parents deserve a choice in their child's education.

This makes perfect sense. We all get a choice in who will become our police officers or firefighters. We all have a choice about the material in public libraries and the routes of public transportation. And of course, we all have a choice about which roads the ...